Publications

Citations: 797. H-index: 16. (Scopus, Apr 2026)

ORCID id_symbol_b-w_16x16  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6817-925X

Papers submitted and preprints

  1. R.W. Dowse, S.R. Keating and M. Roughan. Mapping ocean eddies from sparse velocity data using elliptical streamfunction parameterisation.

Papers accepted or published

  1. D.G. Boettger, S.R. Keating, M.L. Banner, R.P. Morison and X. Barthélémy (2026). Geometric and kinematic indicators of breaking inception in surface gravity waves. Physical Review Fluids 11: 044803. link
  2. M.V.C. Azaneu, M. Roughan, S.R. Keating, A. Schaeffer and C. Schallenberg (2026). Characterising submesoscale processes, uplift and subduction across diverse fronts in the East Australian Current System. Progress in Oceanography 243: 103690. link
  3. C. Kerry, S.R. Keating, M. Roughan, M.V.C. Azaneu and G. Brassington (2026). Wide-swath satellite altimetry data improves modelled mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics in a western boundary current. Geophysical Research Letters 53(2): e2025GL117574. link pdf.
  4. M.C. Denes, S.R. Keating and G. Froyland (2025). Bathymetry imposes a global pattern of cross-front transport in the Southern Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 55(3): 317-338. link pdf github
  5. C. Kerry, M. Roughan, S.R. Keating, D. Gwyther (2025). Model-based observing system evaluation in a Western Boundary Current: Observation impact from the coherent jet to the eddy field  Oceanography 38 (1): 2-12. link pdf
  6. J.-P. Peng, N.L. Jones, M.D. Rayson, M. Schmitt, L. Umlauf, C. Whitwell, S.R. Keating, C. Shakespeare, G.N. Ivey. (2025). Interactions between diurnal warm layers and surface-layer fronts. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 130(1): e2024JC021380. link pdf
  7. L.G. Bennetts, C.J. Shakespeare, C.A. Vreugdenhil et al. (2024). Closing the loops on Southern Ocean dynamics: From the circumpolar current to ice shelves and from bottom mixing to surface waves. Rev. Geophys. 62(3): e2022RG000781. link pdf
  8. D.G. Boettger, S.R. Keating, M.L. Banner, R.P. Morison, X. Barthélémy (2024). The energetic inception of breaking in surface gravity waves under wind forcing. Phys. Rev. Fluids 9: 054803 link
  9. C.G. Kerry, M. Roughan, S.R. Keating, D. Gwyther, G. Brassington, A. Siripatana, and J.M.A.C. Souza (2024). Comparison of 4-dimensional variational and ensemble optimal interpolation data assimilation systems using a Regional Ocean Modeling System (v3.4) configuration of the eddy-dominated East Australian Current system. Geoscientific Model Dev. Discuss. 17(6): 2359–2386. link
  10. D. Boettger, S.R. Keating , M. Banner, R. Morrison, X. Barthelémy (2023). An energetic signature for breaking inception in surface gravity waves. J. Fluid. Mech. 959, A33. link
  11. D.E. Gwyther, M. Roughan, C. Kerry and S.R. Keating (2023). Impact of assimilating repeated subsurface temperature transects on state estimates of a western boundary current. Front. Mar. Sci. 9. link
  12. D.E. Gwyther, S.R. Keating , C. Kerry and M. Roughan (2023). How does 4DVar data assimilation affect the vertical representation of mesoscale eddies using ROMS v3.9? Geoscientific Model Dev. Discuss. 16: 157–178. link
  13. D.E. Gwyther, C. Kerry, M. Roughan and S.R. Keating (2022). Observing system simulation experiments reveal that subsurface temperature observations improve estimates of circulation and heat content in a dynamic western boundary current. Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss. 15: 6541–6565. link
  14. A. Barthel, A. McC. Hogg, S. Waterman and S.R. Keating (2022). Baroclinic control of Southern Ocean eddy upwelling near topography. Geophys. Res. Lett. 49(7): e2021GL097491. link
  15. M.C. Denes, G. Froyland and S.R. Keating (2022). Persistence and material coherence of a mesoscale ocean eddy. Phys. Rev. Fluids 7(3): 034501. link github
  16. C.J. Shakespeare, A.H. Gibson, A.McC. Hogg, S.D. Bachman, S.R. Keating, N. Velzeboer (2021). A new open source implementation of Lagrangian filtering: A method to identify internal waves in high-resolution simulations. J. Adv. Modell. Earth Sys. 13(10): e2021MS002616. link
  17. A. Siripatana, C. Kerry, M. Roughan, J.M. Souza, S.R. Keating (2020). Assessing the impact of non-traditional ocean observations for prediction of the East Australian Current. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 125 (12): e2020JC016580. link
  18. M. Archer, A. Schaeffer, S.R. Keating, M. Roughan, R. Holmes, L. Siegelman (2020). Observations of submesoscale instability within the mesoscale eddy field of the Tasman Sea. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 50 (5): 1509-1529. link
  19. Y. Li, T. McDougall, S.R. Keating, C. de Lavergne, G. Madec (2019). Horizontal Residual Mean: Addressing the limited spatial resolution of ocean models. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 49: 2741-2759. link
  20. P. Centina-Heredia, M. Roughan, E. van Sebille, S.R. Keating, G. Brassington (2019). Retention and leakage of water by mesoscale eddies in the East Australian Current system. J. Geophys. Res. 124 (4): 2485-2500. link
  21. M.R. Archer, S.R. Keating, M. Roughan, W.E. Johns, R. Lumpkin, F. Beron-Vera, L. K. Shay (2018). The kinematic similarity of two western boundary currents revealed by sustained high-resolution observations. Geophys. Res. Lett. 45 (12): 6176-6185 link (AGU Editors’ highlight)
  22. M. Archer, M. Roughan, S.R Keating and A. Schaeffer (2017). On the variability of the East Australian Current: jet structure, meandering, and influence on shelf circulation. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans. 122 (11): 8464–8481 link
  23. A. Barthel, A. Hogg, S. Waterman and S.R. Keating (2017). Jet-topography interactions affect energy pathways to the deep Southern Ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 47: 1799–1816 link
  24. A. Mantovanelli, S.R. Keating, L.R. Wyatt, M. Roughan and A. Schaeffer (2017). Eulerian and Lagrangian characterization of two counter-rotating submesoscale eddies in a western boundary current. J. Geophys. Res. 122 (6): 4902-4921 link
  25. M. Roughan, S.R. Keating, A. Schaeffer, P. Cetina Heredia, D. Griffin, R. Robertson,
    C. Rocha, I.M. Suthers (2017). A tale of two eddies: The bio-physical characteristics of two contrasting cyclonic eddies in the East Australian Current. J. Geophys. Res. 122 (3): 2494–2518 link
  26. A. Klocker, D.P. Marshall, S.R. Keating, and P.L.Read (2016). A regime diagram for ocean geostrophic turbulence. Q. J. Roy. Meteo. Soc. 142 (699): 2411-2417 link
  27. E. van Sebille, S. Waterman, A. Barthel, R. Lumpkin, S.R. Keating, C. Fogwill,
    and C. Turney (2015). Pairwise surface drifter dispersion in the Western Pacific Sector of the Southern Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 120 (10): 6769–6781 link
  28. S.R. Keating and K.S. Smith (2015). Upper ocean flow statistics from superresolved sea-surface temperature images. J. Geophys. Res. 120(2): 1197-1214. link
  29. D.W. Waugh, S.R. Keating and M.-L.Chen (2012). Diagnosing ocean stirring: Comparison of relative dispersion and finite-time. Lyapunov exponents. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 42(7): 1173-1185 link
  30. S.R. Keating, A.J. Majda and K.S. Smith (2012). New methods for estimating ocean eddy heat transport using satellite altimetry. Monthly Weather Review 140(5): 1703-1722 link
  31. S.R. Keating, K.S. Smith and P. R. Kramer (2011). Diagnosing lateral mixing in the upper ocean with virtual tracers: Spatial and temporal resolution dependence. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 41(8): 1512-1534 link
  32. S.R. Keating, E.A Spiegel and M.G. Worster (2011). Patterns of convection in solidifying binary solutions. Geophys. Astrophys. Fluid Dyn. 105(2): 304-328 link
  33. S.R. Keating, P.R. Kramer and K.S. Smith (2010) Homogenization and mixing measures for a replenishing passive scalar field. Physics of Fluids, 22: 075105 link
  34. P.R. Kramer and S.R. Keating (2009) Homogenization theory for a replenishing passive scalar field. Chinese Annals of Mathematics, 50(5): 632-644 link
  35. S.R. Keating, L. J. Silvers, and P.H. Diamond (2008) On cross-phase and the quenching of turbulent diffusion of magnetic fields in two dimensions. Astrophys. J. Lett., 678, pp. 137-140 link
  36. S.R. Keating and P. H. Diamond (2008) Turbulent resistivity in wavy 2D magnetohydrodynamic turbulence. J. Fluid Mech. 595: 173-202 link
  37. S.R. Keating and P. H. Diamond (2007) Turbulent diffusion of magnetic fields in two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with stable stratification. Physical Review Letters, 99: 224502 link
  38. L. Sabetelli, S.R. Keating, J. Dudley & P. Richmond (2002) Waiting times in financial markets. Europhys. J. B, 27: 273-275 link

Other publications

  1. X. Xiao, K.S. Smith and S.R. Keating. The effect of surface buoyancy gradients on oceanic Rossby wave propagation. arXiv
  2. S.R. Keating (2008). Wavy magnetohydrodynamics. Doctoral thesis, University of California San Diego (USA).
  3. S.R. Keating (2007). Patterns of convection in mushy layers. Woods Hole Institution of Oceanography Technical Report 2007-02: 189-203.